LOT 3092
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. 138-161 A.D.
Rome mint; struck AD 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Fortuna standing facing, head to right, holding rudder on globe with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC III 888; Cohen 958; BMCRE 1885. Near Very Fine.(25.45gr, 32mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis (?) mint. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two ensigns. RIC V.2 68; RIC V.4 -. 2.45gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • X X; ЄSIS(star) below. RIC VII 159. 3.28gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Black patina with brown highlights.
From a private collection, UK. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
